The High Judicial Council in Albania has issued a press release with its position on the obligations created by the Law “On the registration of non-profit organizations” which requires within 30 August 2021, the setting of the date for the functioning of the NPOs registration system. The Council could not make a decision regarding the date due to the lack of budgetary funds planned for this purpose. The Council requested the cooperation of the responsible public actors to respect the legal obligations and to enable the creation and functioning of electronic registration as an expression of efforts to guarantee and promote transparency, accountability, integrity and public trust in the administration and management of NPOs. This has supported the concerns widely articulated by CSOs throughout the last year, that the process of drafting and approving the law has been rushed, not well planned and without the involvement of institutions responsible for the law implementation. Read more (in local language) here.
Source: Partners Albaniа
